[ale] what happens to vm if host reboots

[Jim Kinney]

+1 !

NMoBM (No Microsoft on Bare Metal)

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:

> On 02/14/2013 10:20 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I had a scenario where I was running Win 7 as a host with a virtualbox
> > Mint 13 vm running inside it.  Microsoft issued their patches on the 2nd
> > Tuesday, and, since the computer is set to automatically apply patches,
> > the system decided to force a reboot.  So, I came back to the computer
> > and found it waiting for me to enter the boot up password.
> >
> > Now, I know all the Windows programs will properly shut down, and, as
> > long as I haven't left any data unsaved, shouldn't be a problem.
> >
> > My question is, what happens to the Mint 13 vm I had running?  It was
> > just idling, and I didn't have any apps running inside it.  Will that vm
> > shut down gracefully before the host shuts down?  Or, do I need to be
> > concerned about not leaving vm's running prior to patch Tuesday?
> >
> > As always, any help is appreciated.
>
> I can't answer the question as posed, but I can offer a solution:
> reverse the guest vs. host roles.  I've been running my few required
> windows programs (industrial PLC tools, mostly) in Virtualbox hosted in
> linux.  Since updates to my linux host *never* force an unattended
> reboot, and rarely need a reboot anyways, the problem simply doesn't exist.
>
> On top of that, I can run the windows VMs with no external network
> connection, greatly reducing my malware exposure.
>
> Seriously, friends don't let friends run Windows on bare metal.
>
> HTH,
>
> Phil
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